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CVE-2026-98241

7.8 high Published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: xfrm: use full sockets in local error paths xfrm6_local_rxpmtu() and xfrm6_local_error() dereference skb->sk as if it always pointed at a full IPv6 socket. That is not guaranteed. TCP SYN-ACK skbs can be owned by a TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV request_sock while the output path itself is driven by the full listener. If rerouting selects an IPv6 XFRM tunnel route with a lower MTU, the local PMTU/error handling path can reach these callbacks with that mini-socket still attached to the skb. The callbacks then miscast the request socket as a full inet/IPv6 socket and can read beyond the request_sock allocation when they access inet_sock or ipv6_pinfo state. Resolve the owner with skb_to_full_sk() in both callbacks and bail out when no full socket is attached. This matches the surrounding XFRM IPv6 PMTU/error logic, which already reasons about full sockets with skb_to_full_sk().

Fix

Microsoft's update · Moderate

  • Release Notes — azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 · build 6.6.158.1-1

From the 2026-Oct release note of Microsoft's Security Update Guide, revised 2026-10-30.

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 2

  1. StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 09:16
  2. First seenCVSS 7.8NVD modified 2026-10-19 10:18

Affected (CPE criteria) 0

NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.

References 8